Matching Articles"Industrial Development" (Total 16)

  • The industrialization of Newfoundland and Labrador's fisheries during the late 20th century changed the way people in the province worked and lived.
  • Excerpts from the 1998 Heritage Fair project dealing with child labour in the Bell Island Mines. Includes a brief overview and an interview with Mr. Charles Bown.
  • An article on electrifying the island of Newfoundland following confederation with Canada in 1949.
  • Forest industries contribute much to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy.
  • The island of Newfoundland contains 15 million acres of forest, of which more than nine million acres are considered productive.
  • Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.
  • Mining has played an important if sporadic role in the economic, social, and cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • A major concern surrounding Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry is that it may do serious damage to the ocean environment.
  • With the construction of the railway, workers began to leave their coastal homes to find employment at new mines and mills in the island's interior.
  • Advances in harvesting and processing technology resulted in dramatic changes to the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries.
  • Information about the Bay d'Espoir Hydro-Electric project started by Premier Joseph Smallwood to create a province-wide power network.
  • A look at the development of electricity in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
  • The Canadian airfield at Goose Bay, Labrador, impacted its surroundings dramatically during the Second World War.
  • Large-scale and lucrative mining developments dominated Labrador West during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • German firms established thirteen of the sixteen manufacturing plants created in Newfoundland during the 1950s due to Alfred Valdmanis' business contacts.
  • The examination of two company towns, Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor. Company towns are towns which were based exlusively upon one industry.